Author Archives: Stephanie O'Farrell

Raise your hand if you wish there were fewer hours in the day. No takers? Exactly why we all need some help when it comes to saving time. Here are some of the things I have found to be helpful. We'd l...

I recently returned to the office five days a week. I have worked some remote and some on-site the past few years so this has been a transition. I realized my wardrobe isn't what it used to be when I ...

The transition from summer to being back in school isn't only hard on the kids. The first week of school can be chaos for us moms too as we re-adjust schedules and remember what it's like to be on a m...

My 11-year-old daughter has been a vegetarian since she was six. She used to eat Kroger pepperoni out of the bag and then one day decided she liked animals too much to eat them. It's just a phase, I r...

I struggle with assigning chores. My 13-year-old just started doing his own laundry. It is something I kept wanting to hand over to him but couldn't quite let go of. I know some of my friends had thei...

Each year around this time, I have an issue with fruit flies in my kitchen. They seem to multiply overnight, and it drives me borderline insane. I have tried everything. Different traps and hacks clai...

If I had a dollar for every time I felt guilty about something I did (or didn't do) with respect to my kids, I would have about a billion dollars. Do you know how many dollars my husband would have? Z...

I am not above bribing my kids: "Get your clothes on and I will give you (insert bribe here)." For me, it's typically in the moments of desperation when we are running late or when I just don't have t...

It used to set me off the minute I walked by it. The decorative towel I like to keep hanging from the oven. Despite what I thought was a well-known rule about decorative towels not being something tha...

"How is your summer going?" Someone I often see at a group fitness class I attend innocently asked me. I paused. Do I give a generic, "oh it's so great!" or a brief but real response? I chose the latt...